Politics and policy
Politics and policy
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A city council committee received staff recommendations to fully fund the Police and Fire Pension System within 30 years.
May 28 -
California senators approved a tax measure to raise $1.5 billion after the bill's author promised further tweaks to occur on the Assembly side.
May 28 -
A pair of muni market experts propose cities and towns borrow through state-based, credit-enhanced bond banks to make the market more efficient.
May 28 -
The move to reclassify marijuana as a less-dangerous drug comes amid slowing growth of cannabis-related tax revenue in states that legalized it, like Colorado.
May 28 -
As EVs and fuel-efficient cars become more common, states and Congress are eying alternative revenues like road user charges.
May 24 -
Population growth has spurred economic growth in the South. But the changing climate, and risks climate change poses there, may turn that equation on its head.
May 23 -
Local rainfall standards, which affect the design of everything from roads to bridges and stormwater systems, offer a clue whether a city or state is taking infrastructure resilience seriously. Outdated standards remain in many areas, like in the Pacific Northwest.
May 23 -
Palm Beach County residents are using a Florida law passed last year aimed at ESG investing to challenge its county's investment in Israel bonds.
May 23 -
Signature Bank owned nearly $15 billion of mortgages across four of New York's five boroughs, making it the largest lender to rent-regulated housing in the city.
May 22 -
A strong project pipeline has P3 advocates hopeful for the future, despite some lackluster recent numbers.
May 21 -
A strong tax collection season combined with compromise to seal the deal in a special session.
May 20 -
The Virginia Beach Development Authority priced about $189 million of debt on Thursday with some of the bond proceeds financing portions if the attraction.
May 17 -
The number of rural hospitals in the red jumped by 7% in 2023. A Senate Finance Committee discussed aid to help them stay afloat.
May 17 -
Possible solutions include managed lanes, EV mileage fees, and higher registration fees.
May 17 -
"The Fed is going to have to pivot — not on the basis of inflation numbers, but the basis of the real economy," Mohamed El-Erian said.
May 17 -
Municipal analysts have been tracking the challenges faced by home insurers in California and other states plagued with extreme weather events as a harbinger of credit risk.
May 17 -
The measure "sets the table for a likely big tax bill next Congress," said Charles Samuels of Mintz Levin.
May 16 -
"This bipartisan FAA reauthorization bill is the product of endless hours of negotiation and debate and will transform several aspects of flying in the years to come," said Aviation Subcommittee Ranking Member Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn.
May 16 -
President Biden promises the Feds will pay to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
May 15 -
"It's getting frantic out there," when it comes to competitive grants and drumming up local matches, said William Murdock, executive director of the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, speaking at a local government event during Infrastructure Week in Washington, D.C.
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